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We treat people how we would like to be treated
As I reflect on the last year I am amazed with all that we have achieved for our hospitals. Although there have been some challenges along the way, we have worked together as one team to accomplish something to be proud of From celebrating the team who provided the remarkable care for baby Vanellope, to the NHS turning 70 and HRH Princess Anne formally opening our new Emergency Department, it has been a great year for Leicester’s Hospitals. I would like to focus this issue on honouring the late Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. Everyone in our hospitals was tremendously saddened by the tragic events at the King Power Stadium in October. Our thoughts are still with our close friends at the club and the families of everyone involved. Vichai was indeed an extremely special individual, not only with his involvement with the football club, but the effort he made to engage with fans and the community of Leicester. We have a very close relationship with the football club and the chairman was always incredibly supportive. When LCFC won the Premiership in 2016 Vichai amazingly donated to Leicester Hospitals Charity the largest gift they have ever received. We have agreed that this gift is going to be used to create a new Paediatric Intensive Care
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Unit at the Royal as part of our new children’s hospital. Work will begin on this project next year. We remain extremely grateful for everything that Vichai did. He made the impossible possible, leaving behind a legacy which we are committed to keeping alive. You can read more on page 26. On behalf of myself and everyone at Leicester’s Hospitals can I take this opportunity to wish you all a very pleasant and safe Christmas and best wishes for a happy and healthy 2019.
John Adler Chief Executive
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NEW leadership courses in nursing and midwifery are first of their kind in the UK With a third of NHS Trusts having vacancies for leaders, two Leicestershire NHS Trusts have joined forces with a world leading university in a bid to address the leadership crisis facing the NHS. Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and the University of Leicester have come together to create two programmes which will see students complete an undergraduate Masters course in either nursing or midwifery, combined with leadership studies. Midwifery with Leadership and Nursing with Leadership, are designed to equip graduates with the technical and managerial skills required for critical positions within hospitals - such as matrons, ward managers, consultant midwives, sister and charge nurses - and are a direct response to growing concerns over the increasingly critical lack of nurses and midwives with both clinical skills and management capability.
Eleanor Meldrum, Deputy Chief Nurse at Leicester’s Hospitals, said: “Our healthcare organisations need nursing and midwifery leaders who can develop care across boundaries, as well as being strong advocates for our patients and service user. These courses will make a huge difference to the NHS long term.” Professor Kevin Harris, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at the University of Leicester, commented: “The new courses will prioritise the development of leadership capability and are specifically aimed at those who not only aspire to a career in the nursing or midwifery professions, but also who want to fast-track their careers into senior leadership. The courses are a UK first which we hope will make a major contribution towards bridging the leadership gap in the NHS.”
The new courses have been developed between the University of Leicester’s College of Life Sciences and the School of Business, and are specifically designed for high achieving students who wish to develop a career that can be fast-tracked within the NHS, combining the satisfaction of delivering clinical care with leadership and managerial responsibility. The courses combine hands on nursing and midwifery experience with teaching change and innovation, entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship, financial management and budgeting, employment law and human resource management.
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Our aim is to support people living with dementia who are inpatients at Leicester’s Hospitals
Meaningful Activities Service
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Established in 2013 on the Older People’s wards at the Royal Infirmary. There are now twelve Meaningful Activities Facilitators in total.
Charlotte Leeds is the Meaningful Activities Team Leader. “Our aim is to support people living with dementia who are inpatients at Leicester’s Hospitals. We are based mostly on the Older People’s wards at the Royal Infirmary, as this is where most patients with dementia are admitted to across the Trust. We cover all of the adult wards at Glenfield Hospital three days a week, and any ward can telephone our ‘Outreach’ service for support and advice. Six new facilitators joined the team this summer and a new seven day service was set up to support patients earlier in their admission across the new emergency floor. “We are often asked what it is that we do that works so well. We find out what we can about each individual including their likes, dislikes, and things that they usually do. We add this to their ‘Know Me Better’ Patient Summary Document. This information is vital for us to work out what activities are most suitable for that person. Our activities focus on improving the wellbeing of each person and are tailored to their needs. 6
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“We observe details about what patients are saying and doing to gain a broader picture of their physical and cognitive abilities, including how they understand instructions, how they recognise and use items, and how the environment that they are in affects their abilities. Some activities are focused around social interaction with other patients, and wherever possible we use dayrooms on wards as they tend to be a quieter and more calming environment.
“Often we encourage patients to eat snacks and drink alongside the main activity, as it’s important that patients have plenty of nourishment to help them in their recovery and to leave hospital as soon as they are well enough. “All of the activities we use for patients are supported by Leicester Hospital Charity, so we fundraise for the ‘Forget Me Not’ fund to support our work and patients with dementia in Leicester’s Hospitals. Some activities are donated, with homemade blankets and teddies particularly popular with patients. These are in short supply at this time of year @Leic_hospital
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when the weather is colder. Activities are varied and can include arts and crafts, games and puzzles, reminiscence and sensory. “Each week we have several ‘Forget Me Not’ volunteers come to support us and we value this extra help as we can see more patients, improving their wellbeing in hospital. We learn a lot from our volunteers, and find out about any skills or knowledge they have which help us support patients even more. “As a team we facilitate rather than co-ordinate, as the term co-ordinator implies a fixed timetable of activities each week. We respond to each patient’s individual needs and our patients are different each day, so we are facilitating them to be as independent as possible in line with their own likes, interests and routines. “It is wonderful to know from all the positive feedback we have received that the work that the facilitators do is fantastic.” READ MORE LeicesterHospitalsNHS
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“We hope to continue being a positive support to our patients”
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Favourite place? A tie between Australia, Italy and the Lake District
Favourite film? Titanic
Favourite TV series? Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways
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Favourite album? ‘Selling England by the Pound’ - Genesis
Favourite book? ‘Going Solo’ by Roald Dahl
Who inspires you? Gandhi
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Most memorable holiday? Rome with friends
Best advice to give? ‘Be happy’
Best part of your job? Helping our patients achieve even the smallest of goals
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Best way to relax? With good friends and family
Best advice ever given? ‘You have one life, live it’
Favourite patient activity? Listening to them reminisce. Reassuring and making them smile
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‘My Liver’ app provides invaluable information
My Liver
The app has been developed as an educational resource for NHS patients facing a diagnosis of liver cancer. It guides a patient through their journey from initial referral to treatment, how to manage symptoms and where to find further information and support. It also acts as an information resource for their family members, carers, and friends.
“I’ve found the ‘My Liver’ app invaluable and so easy to use.”
Gary Wyatt was diagnosed with secondary liver cancer at the end of 2015. He was one of the patients who tested the app and now uses it. Gary stated: “I’ve found the ‘My Liver’ app invaluable and so easy to use. It has given me and my family reassurance throughout my diagnosis. There’s information about what to expect during the tests, the procedures and the meanings of the medical terms used. Having this app has really helped to understand.”
Created with the patients’ needs in mind, the ‘My Liver’ app provides advice for each stage of the diagnosis. The intuitive app provides information on treatment options, diagrams and ways to manage symptoms. Patients can also save their notes from GP and hospital appointments, as well as access pre-written questions.
“The app has given me and my family reassurance throughout my diagnosis.
Design director Andrew Foxwell said: “It has been another great experience working with the HPB Unit in Leicester; we had the opportunity to develop something meaningful that can really make a difference. We are empowering patients by giving them the information they need, so that they can engage in their own care.”
Over 60 different health care professionals, patients, carers, family members and Health Education England tested the app before it was released worldwide and is currently receiving great feedback.
Gary continued: “I have used the ‘My Liver’ app to find the answers to my questions but also the questions my family has. It’s been a support tool for me and has explained what my treatment means. This has reduced the potential for misinformation that we all come across on the internet. For me the app has been a useful addition to the care I receive from the specialists at the hospital.” The app was launched by Leicester’s Hospitals Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) Unit, based at Leicester General Hospital and digital design agency AGF Studio. The Leicester’s Hospitals HPB team is led by; Clinical Director and Professor Giuseppe Garcea, Professor Ashley Dennison and Lead HPB nurse specialist Cris Pollard. Giuseppe Garcea said: “We recognised that creating this app provides lots more options for patients and carers to easily access the right information regardless of where they are in the world and whatever time of the day. We divided to launch this app following the success of the Pancreas app.” Cris Pollard, added: “There’s a lot of information on the internet and not all of it is relevant so we wanted to develop an app that provides patients with more reliable and focused information.”
Giuseppe continued: “People have all sorts of questions when they are given a diagnosis and the app has prepopulated questions that people can click and create a check list ready for when they go to their next appointment.”
The app can be downloaded from the App Store on Apple devices for free – search for My Liver.
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Leicester’s Hospitals is committed, through the NHS Constitution, to promote, conduct and use research to improve current and future health and care of our patients. To do that, we need effective ways to reach patients so that they are aware of the opportunities available to take part in clinical trials and studies. To this end, over the past 12 months we have launched a research champions scheme. A research champion is a member of staff who is enthusiastic about research and works to promote its cause at Leicester’s Hospitals.
Anyone can be a research champion – we currently have pharmacists, healthcare assistants and specialist nurses among our first cohort. Helen Payne is a cardiac specialist sister in the rapid access chest pain clinic at Glenfield Hospital. Helen describes her research champion role: “We help by identifying patients that meet the eligibility criteria for studies, explain what the study is about and how it might benefit them. If the patients are interested we pass their details to the research team.” Research champions in other departments also maintain research 10
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noticeboards for staff and for patients, raise awareness that research takes place in our hospitals, and act as a link between research teams and clinical staff. Due to the research champions in the rapid access chest pain clinic, Leicester has become the highest recruiter in the country to a number of studies in heart disease. Helen explains: “We are ideally placed to help recruit patients because we have a high level of trust and have built relationships with them. In the rapid access chest pain clinic we see a good cohort of patients suited to trials. As a nurse, it is part of my job to assist patients into research that may benefit them. The research champions scheme keeps that at the forefront of my mind.” Helen’s colleague, Helen Gaunt – also a cardiac specialist sister – adds: “It works best when we are approached early by the research team, so we understand the study they are looking to recruit patients for. That way we can discuss it with our @Leic_hospital
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patients with confidence. It must work, as I’ve never had a patient say no! “Caroline [Gardiner-Hill, cardiac research nurse] feeds back to us regularly on the study’s progress and findings so we can see how our actions have contributed. That’s really important and helps us feel part of the wider team.” Research champions also benefit from the process through learning and development. Celia Bloor, an advanced nurse practitioner, says: “Working more closely with the research teams has increased my knowledge of the latest findings, which will hopefully in future become standard practice. The CT scans for a study on ischaemic heart disease (where the arteries are narrowed and may lead to a heart attack) are fascinating. By having access to these, we can show patients what the study is about, rather than just tell them, and explain how being part of the research might benefit them and others in the future.” LeicesterHospitalsNHS
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Look out for the badge when you next visit the hospital and ask us about research!
How staff can become research champions: • Attend good clinical practice (GCP) or researcher training led by the Trust, University of Leicester or NIHR Clinical Research Network East Midlands • Have been on the Research Envoy programme • Show you have previous experience of working alongside a research team, such as identifying patients for clinical trials • Be nominated by a member of the Research and Innovation service • Complete our in-house modules on Clinical Trials, Ethics and Regulations, and Clinical Trials in the Emergency situation
Sally Batham, Research Space lead, initially developed the scheme. She said: “To date 24 staff have joined the programme, with more joining every month. Our vision is to have a research champion in every ward and department so that all our patients have equal access to become involved in research.”
Each research champion receives a certificate and a badge to help staff and patients clearly identify them. Celia adds: “The research champion badge is helpful to spark a conversation. Only last week I was approached by someone asking what the badge was about, which led to discussion about the research we do at the hospital.”
For more information, contact Sally Batham, Research Space lead, on 0116 258 7758 or sally.batham@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
“We commend the idea of establishing ‘research champions’ in order to enhance links between clinical and research staff and increase patient’s participation in research”. - National Institute for Health Research (the research arm of the NHS)
Remembering Elaine Logtens
one of our longest standing cardiovascular research nurses, died unexpectedly while visiting family abroad on 4 April 2018. Elaine was passionate about nursing and the role research plays in improving and developing care for patients. Elaine joined Leicester's Hospitals in 2001.
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Throughout her career as a research nurse, Elaine supported many cardiology studies, particularly in surgical research. Elaine will be greatly missed by everyone that worked with her, but especially her patients who unanimously loved her.
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Taken to new heights Thanks to a team of people including Claire Westrope, consultant at University Hospitals of Leicester, access for children in need of intensive care nationwide has become much quicker. September 2018 marked the momentous occasion for the national Children’s Air Ambulance and all those involved with a complex, six-year project. The magnificent Augusta 169 Helicopters were launched, containing the most advanced paediatric intensive care retrieval systems anywhere in the world, able to transfer critically ill young patients quickly, safely and effectively over great distances. The new Augusta 169 (license plate: G-PICU) is one of two helicopters, which was designed after The Children’s Air Ambulance Charity (TCAA) committed to raising £32million for them to be built, making them the first and only, free of charge, dedicated paediatric and neonatal critical care transfer helicopter service in the country, operating four times faster than road transfer. What makes the new helicopter so special is the bespoke equipment on board, designed by some of the top minds in the country, including our own Dr Claire Westrope, Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care and ECMO, and Clinical lead for the Paediatric Intensive Care Units (PICU) at Leicester’s Hospitals.
Specialising in Paediatric Intensive Care and ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation), Claire helps to manage both PICUs at Leicester Royal Infirmary and Glenfield Hospital. She qualified from Manchester University and trained in paediatrics, then paediatric intensive care and ECMO in Newcastle, Leicester and Birmingham. She said: “Since coming back to Leicester’s hospitals in 2010 I have had chance to work with some amazing people whilst developing the PICU and ECMO services across our hospitals.”
What is ECMO? ECMO is used when a patient has a critical condition that prevents the lungs or heart from working normally. An ECMO machine is very similar to heart and lung machines used during open-heart surgery. It is a supportive measure which uses an artificial lung (the membrane) to oxygenate the blood outside the body (extracorporeal). Having known of TCAA’s connection with the hospitals, Claire was eager to get involved with the new helicopter project. She continued: “I got involved with the charity as it needed a clinical representative from the people who were going to be using it, so I jumped at the opportunity. “I already had good experience of retrieving critically ill patients using helicopters, like the RAF Sea King, so knew the potential time and lifesaving abilities using them can have to a patient, but there were a few issues with previous
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models that we really wanted to tackle. “The original TCAA helicopter (an AW109) was much smaller, forcing the patient transport system up against the side of the helicopter, meaning one side of the patient wasn’t accessible, and there was limited space for staff and equipment. “This was my chance to work with other teams to create something that would be completely fit for purpose and allow paediatric critical care treatments to be carried out safely whilst in the air.” Claire spent time at TCAA Coventry base where she worked with colleagues from other PICU transport services to design a prototype of how the ideal interior of the helicopter would look. Once the plans had been approved, work on the complex and tailored interior began. Claire explained: “We listed everything that was needed, making sure that anyone using the helicopter was able to adapt it to their patient and equipments needs. Claire helped to create the interior of the cabin which include a specially designed stretcher system suitable for all paediatric age groups, including an incubator for babies, as well as extra room for a parent allowing them to accompany their child. Finally in Sept 2018 the Augusta 169 was ready to take to the skies. Richard Clayton, Director of Operations at TCAA, said: “It was a monumental day for the charity. It had been an incredibly complex project to manage but now the exciting work really starts. We’re very proud to launch our service and look forward to working with the NHS teams such as Heart Link ECMO to ensure we’re able to keep our aircraft flying, keep hope alive and keep families together.”
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Since its launch, the invaluable helicopter has been used up and down the country, with the next step to introduce the ability to transport patients on ECMO support. Claire added: “We need to design a tray that will fit onto the back end of a stretcher, which will allow us to place the ECMO equipment on securely, and give some of our sickest children earlier access to the lifesaving treatment they need. “For me, seeing ECMO carried out
whilst in transit will be the ultimate achievement of the work that has gone into this project.
opportunities to carry out important flights in the evenings and overnight can now take place.
“Not only will it be providing a lifesaving treatment, but saving extremely crucial time which will lead to better outcomes.”
Claire finished: “By summer 2019, we hope that the service will be active 24/7, and with two helicopters working with paediatric intensive care transport services covering the whole of the United Kingdom, meaning critically ill paediatric and neonatal patients will have quicker and easier access to lifesaving services.”
In addition to the interior and transport system upgrade, the 169 is much larger, providing the ability to carry more fuel and weight, as well as now having night-flying capabilities, meaning a lot of past missed
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Improvements to the Clinical Decisions Unit and Ward 20 at Glenfield Hospital
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The Clinical Decisions Unit (CDU) is an admissions area that comprises of several different areas. On arrival patients are triaged/streamed by a nurse to determine how quickly they will see a doctor. Recent changes have been made to the department to help with a patient’s experience.
Where are the improvements happening? Why are improvements being made? They are happening on the Clinical Decisions Unit and Ward 20 at Glenfield Hospital. Our CDU is a specialist cardiac and respiratory admissions unit, where patients are admitted as a 999 call, GP referral or as a transfer from the Accident and Emergency department at the Royal Infirmary.
In January 2018, there were occasions when over 100 patients were admitted to CDU
Over the last few years, we have experienced a greater number of patients needing admission to the unit; much of this is due to our growing population and patients may often have a range of complex conditions. During the winter this becomes even more challenging as more people tend to become unwell with respiratory illnesses. There is currently space to treat 50 patients, with average admissions ranging between 50-60 patients per day, rising to an average of 80-90 during Winter peaks. Last Winter, during January 2018, there were occasions when over 100 patients were admitted to CDU for treatment. Based on patterns of activity in previous years, we know that more patients need admitting to hospital due to respiratory illness therefore we are: - Creating more respiratory capacity by converting Ward 33A (Cardiology ward) into a respiratory short stay ward - Building an additional modular ward to help with respiratory capacity over winter - We are also working with teams across the UHL Trust to identify and reconfigure ward space for respiratory patients
What will the improvements be? Optimising the current CDU space and merging it with the neighbouring Ward 20. This is now known as CDU Triage and CDU ward. As the project nears completion this will: - Increase the number of seated assessment cubicles from 2 to 7 - Increase the number of trolley spaces from 11 to 16 where patients are able to lie down if necessary during the initial assessment stages - Increase number of trollies with full cardiac monitoring - Open up the space in the waiting area to reduce overcrowding - Improve staff access to IT facilities in order to reduce the time patients wait around - Increase the number of clinical staff Building a new modular ward at Glenfield Hospital (adjacent to Ward 20). This new modular ward will: - Provide an additional 28 respiratory beds (including 8 side rooms), which will partly address the respiratory bed gap as required during winter - Increase the number of clinical and medical staff 18
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Our sites are set to go with the eHospital programme As part of our plan to create a digital, paperless environment, our eHospital programme is an integrated approach consisting of several key projects. With each project we aim to deliver new and innovative care pathways, make better use of our resources and improve information sharing with our health and social care colleagues.
Here is an overview of the key eHospital projects’ aims: eInvestigations
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• remove paper documentation so that clinical information will be held digitally and securely • recognise and escalate deteriorating patients and ensure the right team has the right information at the right time • ensure information gathered by nursing staff via mobile devices will be more readily available to share electronically amongst clinical teams
We will... • improve correspondence between care providers, reducing the delay in your GP practice receiving clinical information about your care • make patient letters more accessible • standardise transcribing and dictation tools to ensure both you and your GP receive clear information about your care and any ongoing support or treatment you need • monitor turnaround times of electronically produced letters being sent to GPs to reduce delays to your ongoing care
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• improve performance and reliability of our Radiology system • further reduce delays in sending images and reports • improve patient safety by ensuring you receive the right treatment at the right time
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We will... • introduce free WiFi for patients and staff • replace outdated IT equipment • improve our cyber security, ensuring your data remains protected and visible only to those that need to access it
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10 year celebration of ‘miracle life changing’ donation between Volunteers
Bharat Patel and his wife Avril volunteer as renal support workers at Leicester’s Hospitals. On 29 October 2018 they celebrated ten years since Avril donated a kidney to Bharat. A decade on from the ‘miracle life changing experience’, Bharat and Avril encourage others to sign up to be donors. Bharat gave an account of his story: “In 2001 I became really unwell. An ambulance took me to the Royal where my blood pressure was extremely high. I stayed in hospital and a week later was told both my kidneys had failed, working only at 24 per cent. In a very short space of time I learnt that kidneys had multiple functions and failure led to very severe complications. This was devastating news and quite quickly my condition worsened.
I took no notice of this as I knew that if I ever got a kidney, it would be from an Asian donor - because blood group and tissue type match is required for transplant. I knew that as Asians do not donate their organs readily, so my chances were slim. “Much to my surprise, Avril was a match. She showed extreme courage, bravery and unselfishness and on 29 October 2008, she donated one of her kidneys to me at Leicester General Hospital.
“I met Avril In 2002. She became my friend and in 2008, with my kidneys functioning at a mere five per cent, Avril had some tests to see if her kidneys were compatible.
“In the UK there is a desperate need for BAME organs – they form thirty three per cent of the waiting list. Only one per cent are registered donors. This is not acceptable. Societies need to respond and you can do something special by joining the register. Remember you may need an organ one day.”
“The transplant was a success – a miracle life changing experience. I felt like a little baby being born again, with a brand new life ahead of me. Never could I even dream that such a change in a human lifestyle was possible. Ten years on, my donated kidney is working absolutely fine and functions the same as when first transplanted. Transplant works. “Our lives have a totally different purpose since then. We’ve given our lives voluntarily to help others like me cope through their renal journeys. We volunteer as renal support workers at Leicester’s Hospitals in pre-transplant clinics and wards, providing patients with moral, emotional and psychological support, for which we are renowned. Some patients have gone on to receive kidneys from the donor register, while others have become living donors after taking our advice.
Give the gift of life Visit:
www.organdonation.nhs.uk or call:
0300 123 23 23
to sign up to the register
A special thank you to all Volunteers
“Receiving an organ is getting a gift of life.”
MAKING CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
“The number of people we have signed up to the register over the years, we are by far the top in Leicestershire – and all of this has been done voluntarily. Our work with the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities is very challenging as we find they do not readily accept organ donation. In the Hindu community, of which I am a member, we have special interest and enjoy considerable success.
“Receiving an organ is getting a gift of life. BAME communities need to understand that reluctance to donate organs causes unnecessary suffering. We urge them to participate in the service of Daan (donation). Soul is eternal, body is a vehicle. One should not mourn for body. Daan is an act of selfless giving.
As Christmas approaches we were again involved in the Making Christmas Special Campaign. Every year we welcome donations of gifts that we hand out to patients who have to stay in hospital over the Christmas period. These donations started to arrive from the beginning of November and it is always wonderful to see the generosity of members of the public. As Volunteers, we are always actively involved in this campaign and we had help from our whole team to check, sort and count the bags prior to their delivery to wards just before Christmas. This year was no different and all our volunteers played an important role in the success of Making Christmas Special.
‘Keep Cup’ helps give back to those who give All who attended the Annual Thank You Event will have received our gift of a Volunteer Services ‘Keep Cup’ to use when claiming your free drink during your volunteering shift. Using these cups reduces the cost of any hot drink by 25p so you can get more for your £2 free drink allowance! It also helps the environment as paper cups are not recyclable. You can also use your cup when you buy a coffee outside of the hospital and promote our service too!
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If you are a UHL volunteer and you don’t have one of our free ‘keep cups’ please call into the Volunteer Services Office at any site and collect one.
Thank you, All of us in the Charity team were shocked and deeply saddened by the tragedy at King Power Stadium in late October that took five lives from our community. One of those lost Leicester City Football Club’s beloved chairman, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was an incredible supporter of Leicester’s Hospitals.
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From his remarkable donation of £2m to our Leicester Children’s Hospital Appeal to regularly inviting patients and their families to watch games from his executive box at King Power Stadium, his generosity was always deeply appreciated. In light of these tragic events, two young Leicester City supporters had an idea. To bring 5,000 people together to walk in memory of Khun Vichai and everything he meant to the club and to this city, reflecting the 5,000/1 odds that Leicester City overcame to stun the world and become champions of the Premier League during the 2015/16 season. Public support of this idea was overwhelming and on Saturday 10 November, an estimated 50,000 people from across our community gathered together in Jubilee Square ahead of
Leicester City’s match against Burnley FC and walked side-by-side to honour Khun Vichai, the four other lives that were lost, and everything that the chairman gave to the city of Leicester. We were honoured when the family behind the Walk for Vichai got in touch to tell us they wanted to help raise money for Leicester Children’s Hospital as part of this memorial event. Our charity team were joined by some of our amazing volunteers to collect donations from hundreds of generous Leicester City fans. In Vichai’s memory, Leicester City fans raised an astonishing amount of almost £3,000 on the day. Foxes fans from across the world have donated a grand total of over £11,300 in memory of their club’s much-loved chairman. We are all deeply touched by this gesture.
UHL goes pink for ‘Breast-it-up Friday’!
You may’ve noticed a few of your colleagues were dressed slightly differently during one recent Friday!
To coincide with Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we were delighted to help celebrate ‘Breast-it-up Friday’ with you all by wearing pink clothes and accessories across all three of Leicester’s Hospitals. It was great to see so many of you sporting some of the very snazzy homemade head boppers that were sold in the reception areas on the day – especially our Trust’s executives and our very own Dr Fox!
Thank you to all of you who got into the spirit. You helped to raise almost £600 for our Breast Care Centre team at Glenfield Hospital!
Khun Vichai A huge thank you Our charity team would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has donated and to those behind the event for all their efforts to raise money for our hospitals. Thank you also to all of our wonderful volunteers, to BBC Radio Leicester for allowing us to use their building as a base and to Leicester City Football Club for giving us their blessing to accept donations in memory of their late chairman. We will never forget the kindness and generosity of Khun Vichai. All of Leicester Hospitals Charity are determined to honour his legacy by working even harder to help improve our hospitals for our patients and for you, our amazing hospital staff.
Goodbye Tim!
We are sad to announce that our long-standing Head of Charity, Tim Diggle, will be leaving Leicester Hospitals Charity in December. Tim has been working hard to help improve our hospitals for almost ten years having joined our charity in 2009. During that time, Tim has overseen a wealth of appeals that have provided real benefits for our patients and staff. Tim says he will look back fondly on his time working to improve Leicester’s Hospitals.
“Over the past 9 and a half years I have been fortunate to work with a team of passionate, committed and tenacious fundraisers, doctors, nurses, managers and most importantly, donors,” says Tim. “To be able to shape and guide the appeals we have undertaken has been hugely rewarding – we know we have made a difference.”
All of the charity team want to say and big thank you to Tim and wish him all the very best in his new role as Director of the Derby and Burton Hospitals Charity!
ALL THE LATEST FROM THE CHARITY
It is At Leicester’s Hospitals we want to help break the silence and end any stigma around mental health. One in four of us will be experiencing a mental health problem at any one time. That’s why in September 2017 we signed the lives of colleagues, working with you and pertinent to ending stigma and across the hospitals to make mental surrounding mental health in the the Time to Change Employer Pledge. workplace. During the session we health a normal topic of conversation, This is a commitment to changing the agreed some important actions that will dispelling myths and making it easier way we think and act about mental be progressed by a working group of health at every level of this organisation. for people to seek support. Time to Change champions.” In order to sign the Pledge we submitted On Monday 1 October, our chairman Staff can support this campaign by an action plan detailing what we will do, Karamjit Singh joined 20 of our Time signing up to be a Time to Change including personal pledges and learning to Change champions to take part in a champion. listening event to contribute to our from each other by sharing our action plan for the next year of Time experiences. ”Confident to Change. Time to Change is one of Becky Ballinger, staff the biggest campaigns that the Trust is engagement manager for in England to committed to change Nine in ten Leicester’s Hospitals said: challenge mental the culture of the people who have “Our champions are health stigma and organisation.” discrimination and experienced a mental passionate about the importance of is run by the health problem have keeping the charities Mind and ”We can make faced negative initiative alive. Rethink Mental a difference if we Illness. treatment from “The thoughts and ideas shared A champion can make others as a result. work together.” in our listening a real difference to our event were very useful workplace culture and to
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Army Reserve Awareness Event
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On Wednesday 7 November, 254 Medical Regiment held an information event in the main restaurant at the Royal Infirmary for staff and visitors to find out more about being an Army Reserve. Reserve personnel of the Army Medical Services attended to answer any questions and demonstrate some of their skills on a life-size mannequin! As a paid Reservist, there are opportunities to develop transferable skills, and gain qualifications which can add value to your civilian employment including leadership, management, self-confidence and personal development as an individual or as part of a team.
Brave the shave Angela Hubbard, Specialist Dental Nurse in the Maxillofacial Clinic at Leicester Royal Infirmary, had her hair shaved off in memory of her auntie Sue Mason and to raise money for LOROS Hospice. You can support Angela here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/angelahubbard1
Hampton suite opening
It is with considerable sadness that we report the death of Dr Peter Hubner due to a brain injury following a sudden cardiac arrest. Peter had been a leading Cardiologist at Groby Road Hospital from 1973 until 1993
The Hampton Suite had its official opening in November with Chief Nursing Officer for England, Professor Jane Cummings, cutting the purple ribbon! We would like to thank the amazing staff, from the house keepers to the matrons, who helped to make it a day to remember.
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If you’re ‘Out & About’ doing something interesting we’d love to hear from you. Send your photos and a brief summary to: communications@uhl-tr.nhs.uk and we’ll pick a few to include in the next edition. CONTACT together is written and edited by: is the official magazine of the University Hospitals of Leicester. Communications Department Level 2, Windsor Building Leicester Royal Infirmary Leicester, LE1 5WW On the cover: Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha
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In memory
The new Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland winter website has been launched. Cold weather can be seriously bad for your health. Which is why it’s important to look after yourself and your family as temperatures begin to drop. There is a lot we can all do to plan ahead, care for ourselves and our loved ones and seek appropriate advice and treatment at the right time. To help you stay well this winter, health and social care partners across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) have launched a new website: Help us help you this winter. You can visit the website at www.bettercareleicester.nhs.uk/help-us-help-you.
Medicine Box Be prepared for common ailments by keeping a well-stocked medicines cabinet at home.
Packed with advice, tips and useful resources to help you stay well over the Christmas and New Year period, the new website focusses on: • Local urgent care services across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland • Self-care advice and how to make the most of community pharmacies • Protecting you and your family from flu • Keeping antibiotics working • Getting the right care at the right time through NHS 111 • Accessing GP services, including extended- and out-of-hours • A range of health apps, including exercise, diet, first aid and mental health You can find out about the many different ways to access healthcare, which can be confusing, especially when you’re feeling under the weather. To help, we’ve put together a comprehensive series of pages to help you manage your health and get the most out of your local NHS services. The new site also provides lots of useful advice around self-care, including hand washing and keeping a fully stocked medicines box at home. In addition, you can find healthcare apps on the NHS Apps Library, covering a range of physical and mental health conditions.
The new site is a great one-stop-shop for health advice this winter, so why not take a look today.
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JOHN LEWIS & PARTNERS LEICESTER CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
WIN 2 HOUR PERSONAL STYLING EXPERIENCE ACROSS OUR LADIES FASHION DEPARTMENT WITH A GOODY BAG INCLUDED AT THE END OF YOUR APPOINTMENT. You will also receive an OPI Gel Manicure at our &Beauty counter along with a glass of prosecco. We will include a complimentary voucher for a hot drink and cake for you and a friend to enjoy in our Place To Eat. This can either be used on the day or a later date. (Please find the voucher in your goody bag)
COMPETITION
To enter: How many years has it been since Bharat received his life-changing donation? Send your answer, name and contact details to: competitions@uhl-tr.nhs.uk Closing date is Friday 22 February 2019 Terms & Conditions:
The winner will be drawn after the closing date. The prize is non-transferable, non-redeemable against purchase and no cash alternative is available.
Bookings are subject to availability. The prize must be redeemed at John Lewis Leicester by 30th April 2019.
Last edition’s winner:
Julie Adam
Please contact our Personal styling team on 0116 242 7185 to book and they will coordinate your appointment with our &Beauty team.